Wireless communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, wireless communication method, and integrated circuit

ABSTRACT

A terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of cells including at least a primary cell and a secondary cell. The terminal apparatus decodes a PDCCH with downlink control information format in which at least a transmission power control command field is included, transmits a PUCCH on the primary cell, and determines transmission power of the PUCCH on the primary cell based on at least a PUCCH power control adjustment parameter. The PUCCH power control adjustment parameter is calculated by accumulating at least a value indicated by the transmission power control command field, and in a case where the terminal apparatus receives a random access response message for the primary cell, the transmission power control circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to reset the PUCCH power control adjustment parameter.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of co-pending application Ser. No.15/645,782, filed on Jul. 10, 2017, which is a Continuation ofapplication Ser. No. 15/140,114, (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,736,786), filed onApr. 27, 2016, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) toapplication Ser. No. 14/851,597 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,445,373), filed onSep. 11, 2015, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No.14/118,504 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,179,416), filed on Nov. 18, 2013, whichwas filed as PCT International Application No. PCT/JP2012/059152 on Apr.4, 2012, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) to PatentApplication No. 2011-112148, filed in Japan on May 19, 2011, all ofwhich are hereby expressly incorporated by reference into the presentapplication.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, a basestation apparatus, a mobile station apparatus, a wireless communicationmethod and an integrated circuit.

BACKGROUND ART

The evolution of radio access schemes and radio networks of cellularmobile communication (hereinafter, also referred to as “Long TermEvolution (LTE)” or “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access(EUTRA)”) has been considered by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project(3GPP). In the LTE, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)scheme, which is multi-carrier transmission, is used as a communicationscheme of wireless communication (downlink) from a base stationapparatus to a mobile station apparatus. Further, a Single-CarrierFrequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) scheme, which is singlecarrier transmission, is used as a communication scheme of wirelesscommunication (uplink) from the mobile station apparatus to the basestation apparatus. In the LTE, the base station apparatus is referred toas an enhanced NodeB (eNodeB) and the mobile station apparatus isreferred to as User Equipment (UE).

In the LTE Release-10, technology is used by which the mobile stationapparatus and the base station apparatus communicate with each other byusing a plurality of cells having the same channel structure as in theLTE Release-8/9 (also referred to as cell aggregation and carrieraggregation). For example, in communication using the cell aggregation,the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus cantransceive a plurality of physical channels simultaneously by using theplurality of cells.

In the LTE Release-10, the base station apparatus transmits aTransmission Power Control command (TPC command) for a physical uplinkchannel by using a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to themobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus calculates aparameter by accumulating a value indicated by the TPC command, andconfigures transmission power of the physical uplink channel by usingthe accumulated parameter.

In the LTE Release-11, it has been considered that, when performingcommunication using the cell aggregation, the mobile station apparatustransmits Physical Random Access Channels (PRACHs) to the base stationapparatus in a plurality of cells (NPL 1). The base station apparatusdetermines a transmission timing of a physical uplink channel of eachcell based on the PRACH received in a plurality of cells and transmits arandom access response including information (TA command: Timing Advancecommand) used to control the amount of timing adjustment for thephysical uplink channel of each cell, to the mobile station apparatus.The mobile station apparatus adjusts the transmission timing of thephysical uplink channel of each cell based on the TA command included inthe random access response transmitted by the base station apparatus.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

NPL 1: “Discussion on RACH based solution and Timing difference basedsolution”, R2-113015, 3GPP TSG-RAN WG2 Meeting #74, Barcelona, Spain,9th to 13th May, 2011.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Technical Problem

However, in the related art, there is a problem in that, when a mobilestation apparatus transmits physical random access channels in aplurality of cells to a base station apparatus, a parameter calculatedby accumulating a value indicated by a TPC command cannot be controlledefficiently.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the abovecircumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide awireless communication system, a base station apparatus, a mobilestation apparatus, a wireless communication method and an integratedcircuit in which when a mobile station apparatus transmits physicalrandom access channels in a plurality of cells to a base stationapparatus, transmission power of a physical uplink channel can becontrolled efficiently.

Solution to Problem

(1) In order to achieve the object, the present invention includes thefollowing components. In other words, a mobile station apparatus of thepresent invention is a mobile station apparatus which performs a randomaccess procedure with a base station apparatus in a plurality of cells,in which the mobile station apparatus receives downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink control channel from the base station apparatus,calculates a parameter by accumulating a value indicated by thetransmission power control command, sets transmission power of aphysical uplink control channel by using the parameter, transmits thephysical uplink control channel to the base station apparatus in aspecific cell, and resets accumulated parameter, when a random accessresponse for the specific cell is received from the base stationapparatus.

(2) Further, in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention,an initial value of the parameter is a sum of a total value of powerramped up from a first transmitted preamble to a last transmittedpreamble in the specific cell and a value indicated by the transmissionpower control command included in the random access response received inthe specific cell.

(3) Further, in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention,the random access response is a response for a random access preambletransmitted by the mobile station apparatus, and includes a command usedfor an uplink timing adjustment of the specific cell to which the randomaccess preamble is transmitted.

(4) Further, in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention,the random access response for the specific cell is transmitted in thespecific cell.

(5) Further, a base station apparatus of the present invention is a basestation apparatus which performs a random access procedure with a mobilestation apparatus in a plurality of cells, in which the base stationapparatus transmits downlink control information including atransmission power control command for a physical uplink control channelto the mobile station apparatus, receives the physical uplink channelfrom the mobile station apparatus in a specific cell, assumes thataccumulated parameter is reset by the mobile station apparatus when arandom access response is transmitted to the mobile station apparatus inthe specific cell, and by the mobile station apparatus, the parameter iscalculated by accumulating a value indicated by the transmission powercontrol command, and used to set transmission power of the physicaluplink channel.

(6) Further, in the base station apparatus of the present invention, aninitial value of the parameter is a sum of a total value of power rampedup from a first transmitted preamble to a last transmitted preamble inthe specific cell and a value indicated by the transmission powercontrol command included in the random access response received in thespecific cell.

(7) Further, in the base station apparatus of the present invention, therandom access response is a response for a random access preambletransmitted by the mobile station apparatus, and includes a command usedfor an uplink timing adjustment of the specific cell to which the randomaccess preamble is transmitted.

(8) Further, in the base station apparatus of the present invention, therandom access response for the specific cell is transmitted in thespecific cell.

(9) Further, a wireless communication method of the present invention isa wireless communication method used in a mobile station apparatus whichperforms a random access procedure with a base station apparatus in aplurality of cells, the method including receiving downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink control channel from the base station apparatus, settinga parameter by accumulating a value indicated by the transmission powercontrol command, configuring transmission power of a physical uplinkcontrol channel by using the parameter, transmitting the physical uplinkcontrol channel to the base station apparatus in a specific cell, andresetting accumulated parameter, when a random access response for thespecific cell is received from the base station apparatus.

(10) Further, a wireless communication method of the present inventionis a wireless communication method used in a base station apparatuswhich performs a random access procedure with a mobile station apparatusin a plurality of cells, the method including transmitting downlinkcontrol information including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink control channel to the mobile station apparatus,receiving the physical uplink channel from the mobile station apparatusin a specific cell, and assuming that accumulated parameter is reset bythe mobile station apparatus when a random access response istransmitted to the mobile station apparatus in the specific cell, inwhich by the mobile station apparatus, the parameter is calculated byaccumulating a value indicated by the transmission power controlcommand, and used to set transmission power of the physical uplinkchannel.

(11) Further, an integrated circuit of the present invention is anintegrated circuit used in a mobile station apparatus which performs arandom access procedure with a base station apparatus in a plurality ofcells, in which the integrated circuit receives downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink control channel from the base station apparatus,calculates a parameter by accumulating a value indicated by thetransmission power control command, sets transmission power of aphysical uplink control channel by using the parameter, transmits thephysical uplink control channel to the base station apparatus in aspecific cell, and resets accumulated parameter, when a random accessresponse for the specific cell is received from the base stationapparatus.

(12) Further, an integrated circuit of the present invention is anintegrated circuit used in a base station apparatus which performs arandom access procedure with a mobile station apparatus in a pluralityof cells, in which the integrated circuit transmits downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink control channel to the mobile station apparatus,receives the physical uplink channel from the mobile station apparatusin a specific cell, assumes that accumulated parameter is reset by themobile station apparatus when a random access response is transmitted tothe mobile station apparatus in the specific cell, and in which by themobile station apparatus, the parameter is calculated by accumulating avalue indicated by the transmission power control command, and used toset transmission power of the physical uplink channel.

(13) Further, a mobile station apparatus of the present invention is amobile station apparatus which performs a random access procedure with abase station apparatus in a plurality of cells, in which the mobilestation apparatus receives downlink control information including atransmission power control command for a physical uplink channel of acell from the base station apparatus, calculates a parameter of eachcell by accumulating a value indicated by the transmission power controlcommand, sets transmission power of a physical uplink channel of eachcell by using the parameter of each cell, and resets accumulatedparameter of a cell to which the random access response corresponds,when a random access response is received from the base stationapparatus.

(14) Further, in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention,the physical uplink channel includes a physical uplink control channel.

(15) Further, in the mobile station apparatus of the present invention,the physical uplink channel includes a physical uplink shared channel.

(16) Further, a base station apparatus of the present invention is abase station apparatus which performs a random access procedure with amobile station apparatus in a plurality of cells, in which the basestation apparatus transmits downlink control information including atransmission power control command for a physical uplink channel of acell to the mobile station apparatus, receives the physical uplinkchannel from the mobile station apparatus, assumes that accumulatedparameter of the cell to which the random access response corresponds isreset by the mobile station apparatus when the random access response istransmitted to the mobile station apparatus, and in which by the mobilestation apparatus, the parameter is calculated by accumulating a valueindicated by the transmission power control command at each cell, andused to set transmission power of the physical uplink channel.

(17) Further, in the base station apparatus of the present invention,the physical uplink channel includes a physical uplink control channel.

(18) Further, in the base station apparatus of the present invention,the physical uplink channel includes a physical uplink shared channel.

(19) Further, a wireless communication method of the present inventionis a wireless communication method used in a mobile station apparatuswhich performs a random access procedure with a base station apparatusin a plurality of cells, the method including receiving downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink channel of a cell from the base station apparatus,calculating a parameter of each cell by accumulating a value indicatedby the transmission power control command, setting transmission power ofa physical uplink channel of each cell by using the parameter of eachcell, and resetting accumulated parameter of a cell to which the randomaccess response corresponds, when a random access response is receivedfrom the base station apparatus.

(20) Further, a wireless communication method of the present inventionis a wireless communication method used in a base station apparatuswhich performs a random access procedure with a mobile station apparatusin a plurality of cells, the method including transmitting downlinkcontrol information including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink channel of a cell to the mobile station apparatus,receiving the physical uplink channel from the mobile station apparatus,and assuming that accumulated parameter of the cell to which the randomaccess response corresponds is reset by the mobile station apparatuswhen the random access response is transmitted to the mobile stationapparatus, in which by the mobile station apparatus, the parameter iscalculated by accumulating a value indicated by the transmission powercontrol command at each cell, and used to set transmission power of thephysical uplink channel.

(21) Further, an integrated circuit of the present invention is anintegrated circuit used in a mobile station apparatus which performs arandom access procedure with a base station apparatus in a plurality ofcells, in which the integrated circuit receives downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink channel of a cell from the base station apparatus,calculates a parameter of each cell by accumulating a value indicated bythe transmission power control command, sets transmission power of aphysical uplink channel of each cell by using the parameter of eachcell, and resets accumulated parameter of a cell to which the randomaccess response corresponds, when a random access response is receivedfrom the base station apparatus.

(22) Further, an integrated circuit of the present invention is anintegrated circuit used in a base station apparatus which performs arandom access procedure with a mobile station apparatus in a pluralityof cells, in which the integrated circuit transmits downlink controlinformation including a transmission power control command for aphysical uplink channel of a cell to the mobile station apparatus,receives the physical uplink channel from the mobile station apparatus,assumes that accumulated parameter of the cell to which the randomaccess response corresponds is reset by the mobile station apparatuswhen the random access response is transmitted to the mobile stationapparatus, and in which by the mobile station apparatus, the parameteris calculated by accumulating a value indicated by the transmissionpower control command at each cell, and used to set transmission powerof the physical uplink channel.

Advantageous Effects of Invention

According to the present invention, in a case that a mobile stationapparatus transmits a physical random access channel to a base stationapparatus in a plurality of cells, it is possible to efficiently controltransmission power of a physical uplink channel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless communication systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of cell aggregation of thepresent invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a basestation apparatus 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a mobilestation apparatus 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a process regarding acontrol of fc(i) by a mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process regarding acontrol of gc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another example of a process regarding acontrol of gc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described withreference to drawings.

First, physical channels in the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a wireless communication systemaccording to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, thewireless communication system includes mobile station apparatuses 1A to1C and a base station apparatus 3. FIG. 1 shows that a SynchronizationSignal (SS), a Downlink Reference Signal (DL RS), a Physical BroadcastChannel (PBCH), a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), a PhysicalDownlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH), aPhysical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH), and a PhysicalHybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) are used in wireless communication(downlink) from the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile stationapparatuses 1A to 1C.

Further, FIG. 1 shows that an Uplink Reference Signal (UL RS), aPhysical Uplink control channel (PUCCH), a Physical Uplink SharedChannel (PUSCH), and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) are usedin wireless communication (uplink) from the mobile station apparatuses1A to 1C to the base station apparatus 3. Hereinafter, the mobilestation apparatuses 1A to 1C are termed the mobile station apparatus 1.

The synchronization signal is a signal used in order for the mobilestation apparatus 1 to synchronize the time domain and the frequencydomain of the downlink. The downlink reference signal is a signal usedin order for the mobile station apparatus 1 to synchronize the timedomain and the frequency domain of the downlink, used in order for themobile station apparatus 1 to measure a reception quality of thedownlink, or used in order for the mobile station apparatus 1 to performa propagation path correction of the PDSCH and the PDCCH. The PBCH is aphysical channel used to broadcast the system information (BroadcastChannel: BCH). The system information transmitted on the PBCH is termedMasterInformationBlock (MIB).

The PDCCH is a physical channel used to transmit Downlink ControlInformation (DCI) such as a downlink assignment (referred to as adownlink assignment or a downlink grant) and an uplink grant. Thedownlink assignment includes information regarding a modulation schemeand a code rate for the PDSCH (Modulation and Coding Scheme: MCS),information indicating radio resource allocation, a Transmission PowerControl command (TPC command) for the PUCCH, and the like. The uplinkgrant includes information regarding a modulation scheme and a code ratefor the PUSCH, information indicating radio resource allocation, a TPCcommand for the PUSCH, and the like. The details of the uplink grantwill be described later.

For the downlink control information, a plurality of formats are used.The format of the downlink control information is termed a DCI format.For example, a DCI format 0 is used for the scheduling of the PUSCH in asingle cell in a single antenna port mode. A DCI format 4 is used forthe scheduling of the PUSCH in a single cell in a multi-antenna portmode. A DCI format 3 is used for the transmission of a plurality of TPCcommands for the PUSCH or a plurality of TPC commands for the PUCCH. TheDCI format 0 and the DCI format 4 are the uplink grant.

The PDSCH is a physical channel used to transmit paging information(Paging Channel: PCH), system information and downlink data (DownlinkShared Channel: DL-SCH) different from the system informationtransmitted on the PBCH. The system information transmitted on the PDSCHis termed System Information Block (SIB). The PMCH is a physical channelused to transmit information (Multicast Channel: MCH) regardingMultimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS). The PCFICH is aphysical channel used to transmit information indicating a region inwhich the PDCCH is disposed. The PHICH is a physical channel used totransmit HARQ indicator (response information) indicating the success orfailure of the decoding of uplink data received by the base stationapparatus 3.

If the base station apparatus 3 succeeds in decoding of the uplink dataincluded in the PUSCH, the HARQ indicator for the uplink data indicatesan ACKnowledgement (ACK), whereas if the base station apparatus 3 failsto decode the uplink data included in the PUSCH, HARQ indicator for theuplink data indicates a Negative ACKnowledgement (NACK). A single PHICHtransmits a HARQ indicator for a single piece of uplink data. HARQindicators for a plurality of items of uplink data included in the samethe PUSCH are transmitted using a plurality of PHICHs.

The uplink reference signal is a signal which is used in order for thebase station apparatus 3 to synchronize the time domain of the uplink,used in order for the base station apparatus 3 to measure a receptionquality of the uplink, or used in order for the base station apparatus 3to perform a propagation path correction of the PUSCH and the PUCCH. Theuplink reference signal includes a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS)which is time-multiplexed with the PUSCH or the PUCCH so as to betransmitted, and a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmittedindependent of the PUSCH and the PUCCH.

The PUCCH is a physical channel used to transmit Uplink ControlInformation (UCI), which is information used to control communicationsuch as Channel State Information (CSI) indicating the channel qualityof the downlink, a Scheduling Request (SR) indicating a request of aradio resource of the PUSCH, and an ACK/NACK indicating the success orfailure of the decoding of downlink data received by the mobile stationapparatus 1.

The PUSCH is a physical channel used to transmit uplink data and uplinkcontrol information. The PRACH is a physical channel used to transmit arandom access preamble. The PRACH is mainly used in order for the mobilestation apparatus 1 to synchronize the base station apparatus 3 in thetime domain, in addition thereto, and used in an initial connectionestablishment procedure, a handover procedure, a connectionre-establishment procedure, a synchronization for uplink transmission(timing adjustment), and a request of uplink radio resource allocation.

The uplink data (UL-SCH) and the downlink data (DL-SCH) are transportchannels. The unit of uplink data which is transmitted on the PUSCH andthe unit of downlink data which is transmitted on the PDSCH are termed atransport block (TB). The transport block is a unit treated in a MediaAccess Control (MAC) layer, and HARQ (retransmission) is controlled ateach transport block. Further, the unit of data treated in the MAClayer, such as the uplink data (UL-SCH) and the downlink data (DLSCH),is termed a MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU). In the physical layer, thetransport block is mapped to code words and a coding process isperformed at each code word.

Hereinafter, a cell aggregation (carrier aggregation) of the presentinvention will be described.

In the cell aggregation, a plurality of serving cells are aggregated.FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of cell aggregation of thepresent invention. In the cell aggregation processing shown in FIG. 2,three serving cells (a serving cell 1, a serving cell 2, and a servingcell 3) are aggregated. Among a plurality of serving cells to beaggregated, one serving cell is a Primary cell (Pcell).

The primary cell is the serving cell with the same function as in thecell of the LTE Release-8/9. The primary cell is the cell on which themobile station apparatus 1 performs an initial connection establishmentprocedure, the cell for which the mobile station apparatus 1 initiates aconnection re-establishment procedure, or the cell designated as theprimary cell during a handover procedure.

The serving cells other than the primary cell are Secondary cells(Scells). The secondary cells are used to provide additional radioresources, and mainly used for the transmission and reception of thePDSCH, the PUSCH, and the PRACH. The secondary cells operate on thefrequencies different from the primary cell, and are configured by thebase station apparatus 3 after the connection between the mobile stationapparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 3 is established. The mobilestation apparatus 1 performs the transmission of the PUCCH only in theprimary cell, but does not perform the transmission of the PUCCH in thesecondary cells. The mobile station apparatus 1 may not receive pagingand system information transmitted on the PBCH and the PDSCH of thesecondary cells.

The carrier corresponding to the serving cell in the downlink is aDownlink Component Carrier (DL CC), and the carrier corresponding to theserving cell in the uplink is an Uplink Component Carrier (UL CC). Thecarrier corresponding to the primary cell in the downlink is a DownlinkPrimary Component Carrier (DL PCC), and the carrier corresponding to theprimary cell in the uplink is an Uplink Primary Component Carrier (ULPCC). The carrier corresponding to the secondary cell in the downlink isa Downlink Secondary Component Carrier (DL SCC), and the carriercorresponding to the secondary cell in the uplink is an Uplink SecondaryComponent Carrier (UL SCC).

The physical channels transmitted in the serving cells have the samechannel structure as in the LTE Release-8/9. Each of the physicalchannels is transmitted in any one of the serving cells. In other words,a single physical channel is not transmitted in a plurality of servingcells. A single PDSCH can be transmitted in a single serving cell (DLCC), and a single PUSCH can be transmitted in a single serving cell (ULCC).

The downlink assignment used for scheduling of the PDSCH of the primarycell and the uplink grant used for the scheduling of the PUSCH of theprimary cell are transmitted on the PDCCH of the primary cell. Theserving cell used for scheduling of the secondary cell is configured bythe base station apparatus 3 at each secondary cell. In other words, theserving cell, to which the downlink assignment used for the schedulingof the PDSCH of the secondary cell and the uplink grant used for thescheduling of the PUSCH of the secondary cell are transmitted, isconfigured by the base station apparatus 3 at each secondary cell.

The base station apparatus 3 notifies the mobile station apparatus ofwhether or not information (Carrier Indicator) indicating the servingcell, to which the downlink assignment and the uplink grant correspond,is included in the downlink assignment and the uplink grant at eachserving cell. The PHICH is transmitted in the serving cell to which theuplink grant used for the scheduling of the PUSCH corresponded by thePHICH is transmitted.

Hereinafter, a random access procedure of the present invention will bedescribed.

The mobile station apparatus 1 receives information indicating a set ofPRACH resources of the primary cell and information indicating a set ofPRACH resources of at least one secondary cell from the base stationapparatus 3, and configures the sets of PRACH resources. The mobilestation apparatus 1 selects one PRACH resource from the set of PRACHresources that have been configured, and transmits a random accesspreamble to the base station apparatus 3 in the selected PRACH resource.Here, the mobile station apparatus 1 may transmit simultaneously (in thesame sub-frame) a plurality of random access preambles by using onePRACH resource of each serving cell. For example, the mobile stationapparatus 1 may transmit simultaneously a plurality of random accesspreambles by using the PRACH resource of the primary cell and the PRACHresource of the secondary cell. For example, the mobile stationapparatus 1 can transmit a random access preamble indicated byinformation of six bits, as a result, 64 types of random accesspreambles are prepared (defined).

The base station apparatus 3 transmits downlink control informationinstructing the transmission of the PRACH in the primary cell or thesecondary cell on the PDCCH. The mobile station apparatus 1 transmitsthe PRACH of the secondary cell only when instructed from the basestation apparatus 3. The PRACH of the secondary cell is used to controlthe amount of timing adjustment for the physical uplink channel of thesecondary cell. Further, the mobile station apparatus 1 may transmit thePRACH of the primary cell for the request of an uplink radio resourceallocation. The mobile station apparatus 1 does not transmit the PRACHof the secondary cell for the request of an uplink radio resourceallocation.

The base station apparatus 3 receives the random access preamble fromthe mobile station apparatus 1, and calculates the amount of timingadjustment for the physical uplink channel of the serving cell based onthe received random access preamble. The base station apparatus 3, inresponse to the received random access preamble, transmits a randomaccess response including information (TA command: Timing Advancecommand) indicating the amount of the timing adjustment for the physicaluplink channel. In other words, the TA command is used for the uplinktiming adjustment of the cell.

Here, the base station apparatus 3 transmits a random access response inthe PDSCH of the primary cell in response to the random access preamblereceived in the primary cell. Further, the base station apparatus 3transmits downlink control information (DCI format) used for thescheduling of the PDSCH of the primary cell, to which random accessresponse is transmitted, in the PDCCH of the primary cell. Here, aRandom Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RARNTI) is used forthe transmission of the downlink control information. For example, thebase station apparatus 3 transmits a random access response including aRandom Access Preamble identifier corresponding to the random accesspreamble received in the primary cell and a TA command to the mobilestation apparatus 1.

In addition, the base station apparatus 3, in response to the randomaccess preamble received in the secondary cell, transmits a randomaccess response to the PDSCH of the primary cell or the PDSCH of thesecondary cell. Further, the base station apparatus 3 transmits downlinkcontrol information (DCI format) used for the scheduling of the PDSCH ofthe primary cell, to which random access response is transmitted, on thePDCCH of the primary cell. Further, the base station apparatus 3transmits downlink control information used for the scheduling of thePDSCH of the secondary cell to which the random access response istransmitted, on the PDCCH of the serving cell which is configured in thebase station apparatus 3 so as to be used for the scheduling of thesecondary cell to which the random access response is transmitted, or onthe PDCCH of the secondary cell to which the random access response istransmitted.

Here, a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI) or aCell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) is used for thetransmission of the downlink control information. For example, the basestation apparatus 3 transmits a random access response including arandom access preamble identifier corresponding to the random accesspreamble received in the secondary cell and a TA command to the mobilestation apparatus 1. Here, the base station apparatus 3 may transmit arandom access response without including a random access preambleidentifier corresponding to the random access preamble received in thesecondary cell to the mobile station apparatus 1.

Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the random access responsecorresponding to the random access preamble received in the primary cellis termed a random access response for the primary cell, and the randomaccess response corresponding to the random access preamble received inthe secondary cell is termed the random access response for thesecondary cell.

In addition, if the mobile station apparatus 1 is notified of an index(number) of a random access preamble by the base station apparatus 3,after succeeding in the reception of a random access response, themobile station apparatus 1 terminates the random access procedure.Further, if the mobile station apparatus 1 selects a random accesspreamble, after succeeding in the reception of a random access response,the mobile station apparatus 1 transmits a random access message 3 tothe base station apparatus 3 and receives the random access message 4from the base station apparatus 3.

Further, if the mobile station apparatus 1 does not receive a randomaccess response for a random access preamble in a predetermined period(in a random access response window) after transmitting a random accesspreamble, the mobile station apparatus 1 retransmits the random accesspreamble. The retransmission of the random access preamble is performedin the same cell as a cell in which the transmission of the randomaccess preamble is performed.

Here, the random access response for the primary cell includes a randomaccess response grant. The random access response grant is used for thescheduling of the PUSCH, and includes a TPC command. In other words, therandom access response for the primary cell includes the TPC command.Here, the random access response grant may be included in a randomaccess response for the secondary cell, or may not be included in therandom access response for the secondary cell. In other words, the TPCcommand may not be included in the random access response for thesecondary cell.

Hereinafter, a transmission power control of the PRACH of the presentinvention will be described.

The mobile station apparatus 1 performs the setting of transmissionpower of the PRACH, the PUSCH and the PUCCH at each serving cell(hereinafter, a certain serving cell is termed a serving cell c aswell). For example, the mobile station apparatus 1 performs the settingof the transmission power PPRACH,c for the PRACH of the serving cell cbased on Expressions (1) and (2).

$\begin{matrix}{{{PREAMBLE\_ RECIEVED}{\_ TARGET}{\_ POWER}} = {{preambleInitialReceivedTargetPower} + {DELTA\_ PREAMBLE} + {\left( {{{PREAMBLE\_ TRANSMISSION}{\_ COUNTER}} - 1} \right) \cdot {powerRampingStep}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Expression}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack \\{P_{{PRACH},c} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{P_{{CMAX},c}(i)},} \\\begin{matrix}{{{PREAMBLE\_ RECIEVED}{\_ TARGET}{\_ POWER}} +} \\{PL}_{c}\end{matrix}\end{Bmatrix}{\quad\lbrack{dBm}\rbrack}}} & \left\lbrack {{Expression}\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Where preamble Initial Received Target Power is a parameter which isdesignated (configured) to the serving cell c from a higher layer, andis notified from the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile stationapparatus 1. Further, DELTA_PREAMBLE indicates a power offset to bedetermined according to the format of a random access preamble. Further,PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER is the number of times of there-transmission for the random access preamble of the serving cell c.Further, powerRampingStep indicates a step size with which the mobilestation apparatus 1 ramps up power when re-transmitting a random accesspreamble, and the value of powerRampingStep for the serving cell c isnotified from the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile stationapparatus 1. In other words, the value of powerRampingStep is notifiedfrom the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile station apparatus 1 foreach serving cell c. Further, in order to reduce overhead of a signal ofa downlink, the value of powerRampingStep of the serving cell c may becommon.

In addition, min{X,Y} is a function to select a minimum value out of Xand Y. Further, PCMAX,c is a maximum transmission power value that isconfigured in the sub-frame i of the serving cell c to which the PRACHis transmitted. Further, PLc is a path loss for the serving cell c thatis measured by the mobile station apparatus 1. Here, the path loss forthe primary cell is measured from the downlink signal of the primarycell. Further, the path loss for the secondary cell is measured from thedownlink signal of its own cell (secondary cell) or the downlink signalof the primary cell. The base station apparatus 3 may inform the mobilestation apparatus 1 of the serving cell in which path loss for thesecondary cell is measured.

Hereinafter, a transmission power control of the PUSCH of the presentinvention will be described.

The mobile station apparatus 1 performs the setting of transmissionpower PPUSCH,c(i) for the PUSCH of a certain sub-frame (hereinafter, acertain sub-frame is also referred to as sub-frame i) based onExpression (1) or (2). The mobile station apparatus 1 performs thesetting of transmission power PPUSCH,c(i) for the PUSCH of a sub-frame iin the serving cell c based on Expression (1), when transmitting thePUSCH without transmitting the PUCCH in the sub-frame i of the servingcell c (a case where the PUCCH and the PUSCH are not transmitted at thesame time).

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{P_{{CMAX},c}(i)},} \\\begin{matrix}{{10\;{\log_{10}\left( {M_{{PUSCH},c}(i)} \right)}} + P_{{O\_{PUSCH}},c} +} \\{{\alpha_{c} \cdot {PL}_{c}} + {\Delta_{{TF},c}(i)} + {f_{c}(i)}}\end{matrix}\end{Bmatrix}{\quad\lbrack{dBm}\rbrack}}} & \left\lbrack {{Expression}\mspace{14mu} 3} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Further, the mobile station apparatus 1 performs the setting oftransmission power PPUSCH,c(i) for the PUSCH of a sub-frame i in theserving cell c based on Expression (2), when transmitting the PUCCH andthe PUSCH in the sub-frame i of the serving cell c at the same time.

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{10\;{\log_{10}\left( {{P_{{CMAX},c}^{\prime}(i)} - {P_{PUCCH}^{\prime}(i)}} \right)}},} \\\begin{matrix}{{10\;{\log_{10}\left( {M_{{PUSCH},c}(i)} \right)}} + P_{{O\_{PUSCH}},c} +} \\{{\alpha_{c} \cdot {PL}_{c}} + {\Delta_{{TF},c}(i)} + {f_{c}(i)}}\end{matrix}\end{Bmatrix}{\quad\lbrack{dBm}\rbrack}}} & \left\lbrack {{Expression}\mspace{14mu} 4} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Here, P′CMAX,c is the antilogarithm of a number of PCMAX,c. Further,P′PUCCH,c is the antilogarithm of a number of the transmission power ofthe PUCCH to be transmitted in the sub-frame i of the serving cell c.Further, MPUSCH,c(i) is a bandwidth of a resource allocation of thePUSCH that is represented by the number of the physical resource blocksin the sub-frame i of the serving cell c. Further, P0_PUSCH,c isconfigured from a sum of a cell-specific parameter P0_NOMINAL_PUSCH,cdesignated with respect to the serving cell c from the higher layer anda mobile station apparatus-specific parameter P0_UE_PUSCH,c designatedwith respect to the serving cell c from the higher layer. Here,P0_NOMINAL_PUSCH,c and P0_UE_PUSCH,c are notified from the base stationapparatus 3 to the mobile station apparatus 1. Further, ac is aparameter of, for example, three bits designated with respect to theserving cell c from the higher layer, and one out of {0, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6,0.7, 0.8, 0.9, and 1} is notified from the base station apparatus 3 tothe mobile station apparatus 1. Further, ΔTF,c(i) is an offset (offsetvalue) calculated from a resource capacity and a transport block size atthe time of initial transmission for the PUSCH to be transmitted in thesub-frame i of the serving cell c.

In addition, fc(i) is the value calculated from the TPC command for theserving cell c. The TPC command is included in the downlink controlinformation (DCI format) transmitted using the PDCCH or the randomaccess response. In other words, the TPC command is transmitted withincluded in the PDCCH. For example, the base station apparatus 3transmits the uplink grant (DCI format 0/4 used for the scheduling ofthe PUSCH) including the TPC command for the PUSCH (indicated byinformation of two bits) to the mobile station apparatus 1 using thePDCCH. Further, for example, the base station apparatus 3 transmitsdownlink control information (DCI format 3) configured from a pluralityof TPC commands for the PUSCH to the mobile station apparatus 1 usingthe PDCCH.

The mobile station apparatus 1 configures a first mode (accumulation,accumulation mode) or a second mode (absolute, absolute mode) as a modeof calculating fc(i) in response to a signal of a higher layer receivedfrom the base station apparatus 3. Here, the mobile station apparatus 1which configures the first mode (referred to as also the mobile stationapparatus 1 of the first mode) accumulates the value indicated by theTPC command transmitted using the PDCCH in fc(⋅). Further, the mobilestation apparatus 1 which configures the second mode (referred to alsoas the mobile station apparatus 1 of the second mode) regards the valueindicated by the TPC command for the sub-frame i of the serving cell cas fc(i) (set as the value of fc(i)).

Further, when P0_UE_PUSCH,c for the serving cell c is changed, themobile station apparatus 1 (the mobile station apparatus 1 of the firstmode or the mobile station apparatus 1 of the second mode) sets (resets)the initial value fc(0) of fc(i) of the serving cell c, in whichP0_UE_PUSCH,c is changed, to 0. For example, the mobile stationapparatus 1 changes P0_UE_PUSCH,c in response to the signal of thehigher layer to be transmitted by the base station apparatus 3. Further,in cases other than the case (case of changing P0_UE_PUSCH,c for theserving cell c), the mobile station apparatus 1 sets (resets) theinitial value fc(0) of fc(i) based on Expressions (5) and (6).f(0)=ΔP _(rampup)+δ_(msg2)  [Expression 5]ΔP_(rampup)=(PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER−1)·powerRampingStep  [Expression6]

Here, ΔPrampup is a total value of power ramped up from a firsttransmitted preamble to a last transmitted preamble in the serving cellc. Further, δmsg2 is a value indicated by the TPC command included inthe random access response for the serving cell c. Further, when the TPCcommand is not included in the random access response for the secondarycell, the mobile station apparatus 1 may configure δmsg2 to 0. Further,when the TPC command is not included in the random access response forthe secondary cell, the mobile station apparatus 1 may configure (reset)fc(0) to 0.

Here, when changing P0_UE_PUSCH,c for the serving cell c, the mobilestation apparatus 1 (mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode)resets the accumulated fc(i). Further, when receiving the random accessresponse, the mobile station apparatus 1 resets the accumulated fc(i) ofthe serving cell to which the received random access responsecorresponds. In other words, when receiving the random access responsefor a serving cell (primary cell and/or secondary cell), the mobilestation apparatus 1 resets the accumulated fc(i) of the serving cell(primary cell and/or secondary cell) to which the received random accessresponse corresponds. In other words, when receiving the random accessresponse, the mobile station apparatus 1 does not reset the accumulatedfc(i) of serving cells other than the serving cell to which the receivedrandom access response corresponds.

Thus, the mobile station apparatus 1 can appropriately control thetransmission power of the PUSCH at each serving cell. Here, the servingcell to which the received random access response corresponds is theserving cell to which the random access preamble corresponding to therandom access response is transmitted by the mobile station apparatus 1.

Hereinafter, the transmission power control of the PUCCH of the presentinvention will be described.

The mobile station apparatus 1 performs the setting of the transmissionpower PPUCCH,c(i) for the PUCCH of the sub-frame i of the primary cellbased on Expression (7).

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{{PUSCH},c}(i)} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{P_{{CMAX},c}(i)},} \\\begin{matrix}{P_{{O\_{PUCCH}},c} + {PL}_{c} + {h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} +} \\{{\Delta_{F\_ PUCCH}(F)} + {\Delta_{TxD}\left( F^{\prime} \right)} + {g(i)}}\end{matrix}\end{Bmatrix}{\quad\lbrack{dBm}\rbrack}}} & \left\lbrack {{Expression}\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Here, P0_PUCCH,c is configured from a sum of a cell-specific parameterP0_NOMINAL_PUCCH,c designated with respect to the primary cell from thehigher layer and a mobile station apparatus-specific parameterP0_UE_PUCCH,c designated with respect to the primary cell from thehigher layer. Here, P0_NOMINAL_PUCCH,c and P0_UE_PUCCH,c are notifiedfrom the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile station apparatus 1.

Further, h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR) indicates a value dependent on the PUCCHformat. Here, nCQI corresponds to the number of information bits forchannel quality information (channel state information is possible),nHARQ is a value determined by the number of the received transportblocks, the number of the received the PDSCH, or the like, and nSR is avalue to be configured to 1 or 0 based on whether or not the mobilestation apparatus 1 transmits SR on the PUCCH. For example, when thePUCCH format is the PUCCH format 1, the mobile station apparatus 1configures h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR) to 0. Further, for example, when thePUCCH format is the PUCCH format 2, the mobile station apparatus 1determines h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR) based on nCQI or nHARQ. Further, forexample, when the PUCCH format is the PUCCH format 3, the mobile stationapparatus 1 determines h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR) based on nHARQ and nSR.

Further, ΔF_PUCCH(F) is a parameter designated from the higher layer,and notified from the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile stationapparatus 1. Here, ΔF_PUCCH(F) corresponds to the PUCCH format F.Further, ΔF_PUCCH(F) corresponding to the PUCCH format 1a is 0, and isnot notified from the base station apparatus 3 to the mobile stationapparatus 1. Here, when the mobile station apparatus 1 is configured totransmit the PUCCH in two antenna ports, ΔTxD(F′) is designated from thehigher layer. ΔTxD(F′) corresponds to the PUCCH format F′.

In addition, gc(i) is a value calculated from the TPC command for theserving cell c. As shown in the above, the TPC command is included indownlink control information (DCI format) transmitted using the PDCCH ora random access response. In other words, the TPC command is transmittedwith being included in the PDCCH. For example, the base stationapparatus 3 transmits the downlink assignment (DCI format used for thescheduling of the PDSCH) including the TPC command for the PUCCH(indicated by information of two bits) to the mobile station apparatus 1by using the PDCCH. Further, for example, the base station apparatus 3transmits downlink control information (DCI format 3) configured from aplurality of TPC commands for the PUCCH to the mobile station apparatus1 using the PDCCH. The mobile station apparatus 1 accumulates the valueindicated by the TPC command transmitted using the PDCCH in gc(⋅).

When changing P0_UE_PUCCH,c, the mobile station apparatus 1 sets(resets) the initial value gc(0) of gc(i) to 0. For example, the mobilestation apparatus 1 changes P0_UE_PUCCH,c in response to the signal ofthe higher layer to be transmitted by the base station apparatus 3.Further, in cases other than the case (case of changing P0_UE_PUCCH,cfor the serving cell c), the mobile station apparatus 1 sets (resets)the initial value gc(0) of gc(i) based on Expression (8).g(0)=ΔP _(rampup)+δ_(msg2)  [Expression 8]

Here, ΔPrampup is a total value of power ramped up from a firsttransmitted preamble to a last transmitted preamble in the primary cell.Further, δmsg2 is a value indicated by the TPC command included in therandom access response for the primary cell.

Here, when changing P0_UE_PUCCH,c for the primary cell, the mobilestation apparatus 1 (mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode ormobile station apparatus 1 of the second mode) resets the accumulatedgc(i). In other words, when receiving the random access response for theprimary cell from the base station apparatus 3 in the primary cell, themobile station apparatus 1 resets the accumulated gc(i). In other words,when receiving the random access response for the secondary cell fromthe base station apparatus 3 in the primary cell or the secondary cell,the mobile station apparatus 1 does not reset the accumulated gc(i).Thus, the mobile station apparatus 1 may be able to avoid theaccumulated gc(i) from being reset frequently, and to properly controlthe transmission power of the PUCCH.

Further, when the mobile station apparatus 1 transmits the PUCCH to thebase station apparatus 3 in the secondary cell (when the PUCCH of theprimary cell and the PUCCH of the secondary cell can be transmitted inthe same sub-frame or different sub-frames), the mobile stationapparatus 1 configures the transmission power for the PUCCH in eachserving cell. In this case, when changing P0_UE_PUSCH,c for the servingcell c, the mobile station apparatus 1 (mobile station apparatus 1 inthe first mode or mobile station apparatus 1 in the second mode) mayreset the accumulated gc(i) of the serving cell c in which P0_UE_PUCCH,cis changed.

Further, when receiving the random access response, the mobile stationapparatus 1 may reset the accumulated gc(i) of the serving cell to whichthe received random access response corresponds. In other words, whenreceiving the random access response for the serving cell (primary celland/or secondary cell), the mobile station apparatus 1 may reset theaccumulated gc(i) of the serving cell (primary cell and/or secondarycell) to which the received random access response corresponds. In otherwords, when receiving the random access response, the mobile stationapparatus 1 may not reset the accumulated gc(i) of serving cells otherthan the serving cell to which the received random access responsecorresponds.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the apparatus according to the presentinvention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of thebase station apparatus 3 of the present invention. As shown, the basestation apparatus 3 is configured to include a higher layer processingunit 301, a control unit 303, a reception unit 305, a transmission unit307, and a transceiving antenna 309. The higher layer processing unit301 is configured to include a radio resource control unit 3011, ascheduling unit 3013 and a control information generation unit 3015. Thereception unit 305 is configured to include a decoding unit 3051, ademodulation unit 3053, a de-multiplexing unit 3055, a radio receptionunit 3057 and a channel measurement unit 3059. The transmission unit 307is configured to include a coding unit 3071, a modulation unit 3073, amultiplexing unit 3075, a radio transmission unit 3077 and a downlinkreference signal generation unit 3079.

The higher layer processing unit 301 performs the processing of a MediumAccess Control (MAC) layer, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)layer, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, and a Radio Resource Control(RRC) layer. The higher layer processing unit 301 generates a controlsignal in order to perform a control of the reception unit 305 and thetransmission unit 307, and outputs the control signal to the controlunit 303.

The radio resource control unit 3011 included in the higher layerprocessing unit 301 generates or acquires from a higher node, downlinkdata (transport block), an RRC signal, and a MAC Control Element (CE),which are disposed in the PDSCH of the downlink so as to output to thetransmission unit 307. Further, the radio resource control unit 3011manages various items of configuration information of respective mobilestation apparatus 1. For example, the radio resource control unit 3011performs the management of modes of the TPC command and the managementof the serving cell which is configured to the mobile station apparatus1.

The scheduling unit 3013 included in the higher layer processing unit301 performs scheduling of the PDSCH and the PUSCH and notifies thescheduling result to the control information generation unit 3015. Thescheduling unit 3013 determines parameters regarding transmission powercontrol of physical uplink channels (the PRACH, the PUSCH, and thePUCCH). The scheduling unit 3013 notifies the control informationgeneration unit 3015 of the determined value of the TPC command.

Here, when the base station apparatus 3 transmits the random accessresponse for the primary cell to the mobile station apparatus 1 (themobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode or the mobile stationapparatus 1 of the second mode) in the primary cell, the scheduling unit3013 assumes (determines) that the mobile station apparatus 1 (themobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode or the mobile stationapparatus 1 of the second mode) resets the accumulated gc(i). Further,when the base station apparatus 3 transmits the random access responseto the mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode in the serving cell(the primary cell or the secondary cell), the scheduling unit 3013assumes that the mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode resets theaccumulated fc(i) of the serving cell (the primary cell or the secondarycell) corresponding to the random access response.

The control information generation unit 3015 included in the higherlayer processing unit 301 generates the downlink control information(the downlink assignment and the uplink grant) transmitted on the PDCCHbased on the scheduling result notified from the scheduling unit 3013.The control information generation unit 3015 generates the TPC commandbased on the values of the TPC command notified from the scheduling unit3013.

The control unit 303 generates a control signal to perform a control ofthe reception unit 305 and the transmission unit 307, based on thecontrol information from the higher layer processing unit 301. Thecontrol unit 303 outputs the generated control signal to the receptionunit 305 and the transmission unit 307 so as to perform a control of thereception unit 305 and the transmission unit 307.

The reception unit 305, in response to the control signal which is inputfrom the control unit 303, separates, demodulates, and decodes thePUCCH, the PUSCH, the PRACH, and the uplink reference signal which arereceived from the mobile station apparatus 1 through the transceivingantenna 309, and outputs the decoded information to the higher layerprocessing unit 301. The reception unit 305 measures the state of theuplink channel from the received uplink signal, and outputs the measuredresult to the higher layer processing unit 301.

The transmission unit 307, in response to the control signal which isinput from the control unit 303, generates a downlink reference signal,codes and modulates the HARQ indicator, the downlink controlinformation, and the downlink data which are input from the higher layerprocessing unit 301, multiplexes the PHICH, the PDCCH, the PDSCH, andthe downlink reference signal, and transmits the multiplexed signals tothe mobile station apparatus 1 through the transceiving antenna 309.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a mobilestation apparatus 1 of the present invention. As shown, the mobilestation apparatus 1 is configured to include a higher layer processingunit 101, a control unit 103, a reception unit 105, a transmission unit107 and a transceiving antenna 109. The higher layer processing unit 101is configured to include a radio resource control unit 1011, ascheduling unit 1013, and a transmission power control unit 1015. Thereception unit 105 is configured to include a decoding unit 1051, ademodulation unit 1053, a de-multiplexing unit 1055, a radio receptionunit 1057 and a channel measurement unit 1059. The transmission unit 107is configured to include a coding unit 1071, a modulation unit 1073, amultiplexing unit 1075, a radio transmission unit 1077, and an uplinkreference signal generation unit 1079.

The higher layer processing unit 101 outputs uplink data generated by auser's operation to the transmission unit 107. Further, the higher layerprocessing unit 101 performs processing of a Medium Access Control (MAC)layer, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, a Radio LinkControl (RLC) layer, and a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer. Further,the higher layer processing unit 101 generates control information forcontrolling the reception unit 105 and the transmission unit 107, andoutputs the control signal to the control unit 103.

The radio resource control unit 1011 included in the higher layerprocessing unit 101 performs a management of various configurationinformation of its own apparatus. For example, the radio resourcecontrol unit 1011 performs a management of the mode of the TPC commandand a management of the serving cell. The radio resource control unit1011 generates information disposed in each channel of the uplink, andoutputs the information to the transmission unit 107.

The scheduling unit 1013 included in the higher layer processing unit101 controls the reception unit 105 to receive the PDSCH according tothe downlink assignment which is input from the reception unit 105,through the control unit 103. The scheduling unit 1013 controls thetransmission unit 107 to transmit the PUSCH according to the uplinkgrant or the random access response grant which is input from thereception unit 105, through the control unit 103. The scheduling unit1013 outputs the TPC command included in the downlink assignment, theuplink grant, or the random access response grant, to the transmissionpower control unit 1015.

The transmission power control unit 1015 included in the higher layerprocessing unit 101 performs the setting of the transmission power ofthe physical uplink channel, based on the value indicated by the TPCcommand which is input from the scheduling unit 1013 and the parametersregarding the transmission power control of the physical uplink channelwhich are input from the reception unit 105. The transmission powercontrol unit 1015 accumulates the value of the TPC command for the PUSCHwhich is input from the scheduling unit 1013 in fc(⋅) when the firstmode (accumulation, accumulation mode) is configured. Further, thetransmission power control unit 1015 regards the value of the TPCcommand for the PUSCH which is input from the scheduling unit 1013 asfc(⋅), when the second mode (absolute, absolute mode) is configured.

When the mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode receives therandom access response in the serving cell (the primary cell or thesecondary cell), the transmission power control unit 1015 resets theaccumulated fc(⋅) of the serving cell (the primary cell or the secondarycell) to which the received random access response corresponds. In otherwords, when the mobile station apparatus 1 receives the random accessresponse, the transmission power control unit 1015 does not reset theaccumulated fc (⋅) of cells other than the serving cell to which thereceived random access response corresponds. Further, the mobile stationapparatus 1 does not receive the random access response, and thetransmission power control unit 1015 does not reset the accumulatedfc(⋅) of all serving cells.

Further, the transmission power control unit 1015 accumulates the valuesof the TPC command for the PUCCH which is input from the scheduling unit1013 in gc(⋅). Here, when the mobile station apparatus 1 (mobile stationapparatus 1 of a first mode or mobile station apparatus 1 of a secondmode) receives a random access response for the primary cell in theprimary cell, the transmission power control unit 1015 resets theaccumulated gc(⋅). In other words, when the mobile station apparatus 1(mobile station apparatus 1 of the first mode or the mobile stationapparatus 1 of the second mode) receives the random access response forthe secondary cell in the primary cell or the secondary cell, thetransmission power control unit 1015 does not reset the accumulatedgc(⋅). When the mobile station apparatus 1 (the mobile station apparatus1 of the first mode or the mobile station apparatus 1 of the secondmode) does not receive the random access response for a certain servingcell (the primary cell or the secondary cell), the transmission powercontrol unit 1015 does not reset the accumulated gc(⋅).

The control unit 103 generates a control signal for performing a controlof the reception unit 105 and the transmission unit 107 based on controlinformation from the higher layer processing unit 101. The control unit103 outputs the generated control signal to the reception unit 105 andthe transmission unit 107 and performs the control of the reception unit105 and the transmission unit 107.

The reception unit 105, in response to the control signal which is inputfrom the control unit 103, separates, demodulates and decodes the PHICH,the PDCCH, the PDSCH and the downlink reference signal which arereceived from the base station apparatus 3 through the transceivingantenna 109, and outputs the decoded information to the higher layerprocessing unit 101. The reception unit 105 measures the states of thechannels of the uplink based on the received downlink signals, andoutputs the measured result to the higher layer processing unit 101.

The transmission unit 107, in response to a control signal which isinput from the control unit 103, generates an uplink reference signal,codes and modulates the uplink data (transport block) which is inputfrom the higher layer processing unit 101, and multiplexes the PRACH,the PUCCH, the PUSCH, and the generated uplink reference signal so as totransmit to the base station apparatus 3 through the transceivingantenna 109.

Hereinafter, the operation of the apparatus of the present inventionwill be described.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a process regarding acontrol of fc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention. The mobile station apparatus 1 accumulates the valueindicated by the TPC command received in the PDCCH so as to calculatethe value of fc(i) of each serving cell (step S100). When the randomaccess response from the base station apparatus 3 is received (stepS101—YES), the mobile station apparatus 1 resets the accumulated fc(i)of the serving cell to which the received random access responsecorresponds (step S102). At this time, the mobile station apparatus 1does not reset the accumulated fc(i) of serving cells other than theserving cell to which the received random access response corresponds.When the random access response is not received (step S101—NO), themobile station apparatus 1 does not reset the accumulated fc(i) of allserving cells (step S103). After step S102 or step S103, the mobilestation apparatus 1 completes the process regarding the control offc(i).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a process regarding thecontrol of gc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention. The mobile station apparatus 1 accumulates the valueindicated by the TPC command received in the PDCCH so as to calculatethe value of gc(i) of the primary cell (step S200). When the randomaccess response from the base station apparatus 3 is received (stepS201—YES), if the received random access response corresponds to theprimary cell (step S202—YES), the mobile station apparatus 1 resets theaccumulated gc(i) (step S203).

When the random access response from the base station apparatus 3 is notreceived (step S201—NO), the mobile station apparatus 1 does not resetthe accumulated gc(i) (step S204). Further, when the random accessresponse from the base station apparatus 3 is received (step S201—YES),if the received random access response does not correspond to theprimary cell (step S202—NO), the mobile station apparatus 1 does notreset the accumulated gc(i). After step S203 or step S204, the mobilestation apparatus 1 completes the process regarding the control ofgc(i).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another example of a process regarding thecontrol of gc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 of the presentinvention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a processregarding the control of gc(i) by the mobile station apparatus 1 whenthe mobile station apparatus 1 transmits the PUCCH in the secondary cell(when the PUCCH of the primary cell and the PUCCH of the secondary cellcan be transmitted in the same sub-frame or different sub-frames).

The mobile station apparatus 1 accumulates the values indicated by theTPC command received in the PDCCH so as to calculate the values of gc(i)of each serving cell (step S300). When the random access response fromthe base station apparatus 3 is received (step S301—YES), the mobilestation apparatus 1 resets the accumulated gc(i) of the serving cell towhich the received random access response corresponds (step S302). Atthis time, the mobile station apparatus 1 does not reset the accumulatedgc(i) of serving cells other than the serving cell to which the receivedrandom access response corresponds. When the random access response isnot received (step S301—NO), the mobile station apparatus 1 does notreset the accumulated gc(i) of all serving cells (step S303). After stepS302 or step S303, the mobile station apparatus 1 completes the processregarding the control of gc(i).

In this manner, according to the present invention, when the basestation apparatus 3 and the mobile station apparatus 1 perform therandom access procedure in a plurality of cells, the mobile stationapparatus 1 receives downlink control information including TransmissionPower Control command (TPC command) for the physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) from the base station apparatus 3, calculates parametergc(i) by accumulating the values indicated by the TPC command, setstransmission power of the PUCCH by using the parameter gc(i), andtransmits the PUCCH in the primary cell (specific cell) to the basestation apparatus 3, and when receiving the random access response forthe primary cell from the base station apparatus 3, the mobile stationapparatus 1 resets the accumulated parameter gc(i).

Further, the mobile station apparatus 1 receives downlink controlinformation including the TPC command for the physical uplink channel(the PUSCH or the PUCCH) of the cell from the base station apparatus 3,calculates the parameter (fc(i) or gc(i)) of each cell by accumulatingthe value indicated by the TPC command, and sets transmission power ofthe physical uplink channel of each cell by using the parameter of eachcell, and when receiving the random access response from the basestation apparatus 3, the mobile station apparatus 1 resets theaccumulated parameter of the cell to which the random access responsecorresponds.

Thus, the mobile station apparatus 1 can avoid frequently resetting theaccumulated fc(i) and gc(i), and can suitably control the transmissionpower of the PUSCH and the PUCCH.

The program operated in the base station apparatus 3 and the mobilestation apparatus 1 according to the present invention may be a programto control a Central Processing Unit (CPU) or the like (program tofunction a computer) so as to realize the function of the presentembodiment according to the present invention. Then, information treatedin these apparatuses is temporarily accumulated in a Random AccessMemory (RAM) at the time of this process, thereafter, stored in variousROMs such as a Flash Read Only Memory (ROM) and a Hard Disk Drive (HDD),and is read by the CPU as necessary so as to perform rewriting.

Further, a portion of the mobile station apparatus 1 and the basestation apparatus 3 in the embodiment described above may be realized inthe computer. In this case, a program to realize the control functionmay be realized in such a manner that the program is recorded in acomputer readable recording medium and the program recorded in therecording medium is read and performed in a computer system.

Further, the “computer system” as used herein is a computer system builtin the mobile station apparatus 1 or the base station apparatus 3, andis intended to include OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.Further, the “computer readable recording medium” refers to a portablemedium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and aCD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in the computersystem.

Furthermore, the “computer readable recording medium” may include whatholds the program dynamically in a short time such as communicationlines when the program is transmitted through a network such as theInternet or a communication line such as a telephone line, or thoseholding the program in a fixed time such as a volatile memory inside thecomputer system serving as a server or client in that case. In addition,the program may be any one of those for realizing a portion of functionsdescribed above, and those that can be implemented by combining thefunction described above with a program already recorded in the computersystem.

In addition, a portion or all of the mobile station apparatus 1 and somebase station apparatus 3 in the embodiment described above may betypically implemented as an LSI which is an integrated circuit, or maybe implemented as a chipset. The functional blocks of the mobile stationapparatus 1 and the base station apparatus 3 may be manufactured intochips individually, or may be manufactured into chips by integrating aportion or all thereof. Further, technology to manufacture theintegrated circuit is not limited to LSI, but may be implemented by adedicated circuit or a general purpose processor. Further, when anintegrated circuit manufacturing technology replacing LSI is encounteredas a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology, the use ofan integrated circuit according to the technology is also possible.

Although an embodiment of the invention has been described in detailwith reference to the drawings, a specific structure is not limited tothose described above, and various design changes are possible in ascope without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

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-   -   1 (1A,1B,1C) Mobile station apparatus    -   3 Base station apparatus    -   101 Higher layer processing unit    -   103 Control unit    -   105 Reception unit    -   107 Transmission unit    -   301 Higher layer processing unit    -   303 Control unit    -   305 Reception unit    -   307 Transmission unit    -   1011 Radio resource control unit    -   1013 Scheduling unit    -   1015 Transmission power control unit    -   3011 Radio resource control unit    -   3013 Scheduling unit    -   3015 Control information generation unit

The invention claimed is:
 1. A terminal apparatus, comprising:transmission power control circuitry configured to and/or programmed todetermine transmission power of a physical random access channel basedon at least powerRampingStep, a value of the powerRampingStep isnotified from a base station apparatus to the terminal apparatus foreach of plural serving cells; and transmission circuitry configured toand/or programmed to transmit the physical random access channel byusing the determined transmission power; wherein the serving cells areconfigured by the base station, the serving cells including a primarycell and at least one secondary cell, and the powerRampingStep is asingle step-up size for ranking up the transmission power common to theserving cells.
 2. A communication method of a terminal apparatus,comprising: determining transmission power of a physical random accesschannel based on at least powerRampingStep, a value of thepowerRampingStep is notified from a base station apparatus to theterminal apparatus for each of plural serving cells; and transmittingthe physical random access channel by using the determined transmissionpower, wherein the serving cells are configured by the base station, theserving, cells including a primary cell and at least one secondary cell,and the powerRampingStep is a single step-up size for ranking up thetransmission power common to the serving cells.